"I've been through menopause twice."
The first time was through chemotherapy, after breast cancer. Nobody spoke to me about menopause — I didn't realise that so many of my symptoms weren't just the cancer treatment, they were menopause too. I could have eased them with the correct support, had I known.
Then I went through it again, naturally. Those three words — had I known — are why this checklist exists. I don't want you walking into your GP's office the way I once did.